MS Outlook Express

Application Script

Microsoft Outlook Express is an email client that comes with Internet Explorer.

Release Date

7/08/2008

Settings Description

This script migrates the following settings:

Migration Paths

The migration paths are as follows:

Notes

The accounts already configured on the destination are not overwritten. All the accounts from the Start Up identity on the source are migrated to Windows Mail.
The settings of the default identity on the source are migrated to Windows Mail.
While migrating to Windows Mail, the settings and accounts only for the default identity are considered.
To move your Address Book, you must log on as a current user before upgrading from 4.0.
Contacts from Address Book in Outlook Express are not upgraded to Windows Contacts in Windows Mail. You can use the following command line to import the same:
```
" 'Windows Mail install path\Wab' /Import 'path to wab file' ".
```
You must import and export the messages manually to migrate them from Outlook Express to Windows Mail.

Limitations

Following are the limitations:

You cannot migrate Inbox rule for moving or copying messages to specific folders from 4.0 to 5.0, 5.5, 6.0.
Migration of visible columns for Outlook Express is not supported from 4.0 to 5.0, 5.5, 6.0.
You cannot migrate passwords for identities from 5.0 to 5.0, 5.5, 6.0; from 5.5 to 5.5, 6.0; and from 6.0 to 6.0. The passwords on your identities have been disabled.
Current view option in View cannot be migrated from 5.0 to 5.0, 5.5, 6.0; from 5.5 to 5.5, 6.0; and from 6.0 to 6.0.
Migration from the default settings in Outlook Express to the non-default settings in Windows Mail cannot be performed from previous versions to Windows Mail.